Nicolas Lepine
Games are Primary Sources

What if we treated games as primary sources?

Games are Primary Sources
Nicolas Lepine
That's Not Very Montessori

“That’s not very Montessori” shouldn’t end a conversation. It should be the beginning of one.

That's Not Very Montessori
Nicolas Lepine
Montessori, Work, and the Age of AI

If Montessori is a method for observing human development, experimenting with the environment, and revising our practice based on what we discover, then AI isn't necessarily a threat to Montessori. It may be one of the greatest tests of whether we actually believe in Montessori as a living method rather than merely a collection of materials.

Montessori, Work, and the Age of AI
Nicolas Lepine
Montessori, Labor, and the Meaning of Work

If a child develops physical problems because of the environment we have created, adding a specially designed piece of furniture to that environment doesn't fix the root problem; it only treats a symptom.

Montessori, Labor, and the Meaning of Work
Nicolas Lepine
American Tchoukball

Traditional Tchoukball uses specialized rebounders. They aren't particularly difficult to find, and they aren't necessarily prohibitively expensive, but they aren't exactly standard equipment in most American school gyms. Basketball hoops, on the other hand? Those are everywhere.

American Tchoukball

Self Care Needs to Include Care For Others

Self Care Needs to Include Care For Others

Maria Montessori had a beautiful expression for this idea. She used the term Grace and Courtesy. Grace is the individual being in harmony with oneself, which sounds a whole lot like the goal of self-care. Courtesy is being in harmony everyone else. Courtesy is what we need to extend to everyone else so that they may find their grace, because it’s hard to be in harmony when the environment is not.